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Course name
Zionism and the Roads Not Taken 1880-1948
Institution
Middlebury College
Instructor
Adi Livny
Wikipedia Expert
Brianda (Wiki Ed)
Subject
History
Course dates
2023-02-15 00:00:00 UTC – 2023-06-02 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
23


An Arab-Jewish binational state in Palestine was only one of the possible paths that the Zionist movement considered before taking the road that led to Israel’s 1948 establishment. Using various primary and secondary sources, we will critically engage with alternatives to the nation-state within the Zionist movement, unfolding key debates in its history. In the introductory units, we will position Zionism alongside other forms of Jewish nationalism, such as Simon Dubnow’s Diaspora Nationalism. We will then zoom in on post-World War I Zionism, discussing Imperial, anti-Imperial, pan-Asian, and binationalist-federalist alternatives to the Jewish nation-state program. In the concluding units, we will examine the processes by which these possibilities became marginalized, and the vision of a Jewish nation-state prevailed.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Hstafford1707
Miamiheat12 Jewish Autonomism Israel Zangwill, Baron Hirsch's agricultural settlements in Argentine
User12992239 The Old New Land Ost und West, Ahad Ha'am
Middlebury2026 Bilu (movement) London Conference of 1946–1947, International Jewish Labor Bund
AnonVisor Martin Buber Ahad Ha'am, Ihud
Notsunny9299 Ihud Martin Buber, Labor Zionism
Hms2026 Ahad Ha'am Martin Buber, Ihud
21FUN21 Israel Zangwill Uganda Scheme, Golus nationalism
Dolphin372 Revisionist Zionism Revisionist Maximalism, Labor Zionism
Blue maple tree International Jewish Labor Bund Jewish Autonomism, Am Olam
Beachpineapples Bilu (movement) Am Olam, Katowice Conference
Emmacmckee Am Olam Baron Hirsch's agricultural settlements in Argentine, Bilu (movement)
Bane117 Revisionist Maximalism Jewish Autonomism, Labor Zionism
Sgm123445 London Conference of 1946–1947 Katowice Conference, Revisionist Maximalism
Greenleaf22 Ost und West The Old New Land, Ahad Ha'am
Sourpatchkid10 Civic nationalism Golus nationalism, Rise of nationalism in the Ottoman Empire
Camel Intellectual Uganda Scheme Rise of nationalism in the Ottoman Empire, Israel Zangwill
Browneye123 Labor Zionism International Jewish Labor Bund, Revisionist Zionism
Discreetalmonds Baron Hirsch's agricultural settlements in Argentine Uganda Scheme, Jewish Autonomism
That guy5947 Ahad Ha'am Civic nationalism, Martin Buber
HonchoMichael123 Rise of nationalism in the Ottoman Empire The Old New Land, Bilu (movement)
Thamyco Golus nationalism Ost und West, Jewish Autonomism

Timeline

Week 2

Course meetings
Thursday, 23 February 2023
In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia assignment

Welcome to your Wikipedia assignment's course timeline. This page guides you through the steps you'll need to complete for your Wikipedia assignment, with links to training modules and your classmates' work spaces.

Your course has been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. You can reach them through the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resources:

Assignment - Start training!

Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. (Because of Wikipedia's technical restraints, you may receive a message that you cannot create an account. To resolve this, please try again off campus or the next day.)

All Basic Training modules = 5% (complete/incomplete)

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 3

Course meetings
Tuesday, 28 February 2023   |   Thursday, 2 March 2023
In class - Discussion
Assignment - Continue basic training
evaluating Wiki and how to edit

Week 4

Course meetings
Tuesday, 7 March 2023   |   Thursday, 9 March 2023
In class - Discussion
Assignment - Basic training
Choose your article from a list
Assignment - Training
Group editing

If you are writing in a group, please complete these modules 

Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Biographies

Books

History

Milestones

Week 5

Course meetings
Tuesday, 14 March 2023   |   Thursday, 16 March 2023
Assignment - Assignment
Make a small edit

Graded assignment = 5% (0-5)

Milestones

Week 6

Course meetings
Tuesday, 28 March 2023
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Assignment - Mid-term
Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 7

Course meetings
Tuesday, 4 April 2023
In class - Discussion
Assignment - Have a draft for peer review

Complete a full (or almost full) draft for peer review 

Week 8

Course meetings
Tuesday, 11 April 2023   |   Thursday, 13 April 2023
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

Assignment - Respond to your peer review

You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. Consider their suggestions, decide whether it makes your work more accurate and complete, and edit your draft to make those changes.

Resources:

  • Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
  • Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.

Week 9

Course meetings
Tuesday, 18 April 2023   |   Thursday, 20 April 2023
Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia

Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the "mainspace."

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

Assignment - Continue improving your article

Now's the time to revisit your text and refine your work. You may do more research and find missing information; rewrite the lead section to represent all major points; reorganize the text to communicate the information better; or add images and other media.

Week 10

Course meetings
Tuesday, 25 April 2023   |   Thursday, 27 April 2023
Assignment - Polish your work

Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact your Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!

Assignment - Finalize article

It's the final week to develop your article.

  • Read Editing Wikipedia page 15 to review a final check-list before completing your assignment.
  • Don't forget that you can ask for help from your Wikipedia Expert at any time!

Week 11

Course meetings
Tuesday, 2 May 2023   |   Thursday, 4 May 2023
Assignment - In-class presentations

5/2-4 

Assignment - It's time to submit your final article!

Make sure to send a copy of the final edited version on Canvas